All the 48 Films will be screened in the international competition programmes.

The SSF 2018 Programmer's Delight / 207 Films

We also thank all the films below that give us great suffer to decide the SSF 2018 official selection. The listed films are not selected but we are wiling to mention these great films. We are appreciate all the great works and contributions.
But we are planing to programme additional new special screenings select from this Programmers Delight list. Please wait for next announcement.

We are proud to announce the 13th Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market Official Selection: Japanese production films for competitive programme and out of competition programmes.
Official Selection: International programmes will be announcing within a few weeks. Please wait a bit more weeks.
Award ceremony will be held on Oct. 14.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: ONE TITLE SECTIONRequirements:
1) Films completed after: March 1, 2017
2) Maximum duration: 30 min
3) Country of production: All countries
4) Screening format: Apple ProRes with English Subtitles, MP4
5) Accepted genres: All genres, including music video

Other criteria:
6) Music rights: cleared
7) Dialogues: If the dialogue language is not English, preview copy and screening film must be subtitled in English
8) Short Film Market: All the submission will be registered to the short film market.